Afterward, we discussed it and circled it TPRS style. I put words on the board such as pata, le duele, pide, regalos, trineo. We did a really nice discussion and the kids even figured out that the commercial was related to the economic crisis in Spain. After lots of circling of the storyline, the kids did a partner retell.

Today, after doing the cloze with the two songs, we discussed what we know about Papá Noel (in Spanish of course!) already. I had some of yesterday’s words on the board too.

I wrote on the board:

regalo

rey

viene(n)

diciembre

enero

trineo

camello

I showed them this video and asked them to watch and try to pick out at least 5 words they could understand (it is a real tough one!):

We discussed again, referring back to our Papá Noel discussion. How many men are there? Are they Santa? No, they are kings. How many kings are there? What are these kings called in English (wise men). Do the wise men ride a sleigh? No they ride camels. Are they all white? No, one is black.

Then I tell them (in Spanish) that in Spain, there are two days when kids receive gifts! When does Papá Noel come? When do the 3 kings come? (I had to tell them) It was a really good discussion!

Great idea. I have the kids put shoes in my office and then we learn about los Reyes…at the end i ask if they heard something..one kid always plays along that he heard the Reyes and they get their shoes with treats. I will use these to beef up my lesson. Thanks

We are doing something similar in level one (finishing with the little paper shoe pattern from Pinterest http://tinyurl.com/d3txfep when we return from break) and in level 3 we are studying the Rosca de Reyes… I have yet to decide if I am going to buy one from the Mexican store again, make one at home, or take them to the home-ec room to make one in class…. Yeast bread and kids??? I better make it at home! Whichever we do, we’re going to watch this video tp://tinyurl.com/bl53vn5 and discuss the steps she took in making the bread. A lot like your TPRS style discussion of the kings! ht